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Colorado

Local BLM Ecologist Wins National Education Award

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.

Colorado

Local volunteers join BLM and Audubon Society for 116th Annual Christmas Bird Count

MONTROSE, Colo. – Hawk-eyed volunteers across the country will brave the winter weather to count birds during the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count, which takes place Dec. 14, 2015, through Jan.

Colorado

Local Volunteers Join BLM and Audubon Society for 116th Annual Christmas Bird Count

MONTROSE, Colo. – Hawk-eyed volunteers across the country will brave the winter weather to count birds during the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count, which takes place Dec. 14, 2015, through Jan.

Colorado

Motorized travel restrictions on Wolford Mountain begin Dec. 15

KREMMLING, Colo.  – The Bureau of Land Management will begin its annual winter restrictions on motorized travel north of Kremmling in the Wolford Mountain Travel Management Area on Dec. 15.

Colorado

BLM plans prescribed pile burns in Phantom Canyon

CANON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Front Range Fire Management Unit will be conducting pile burns in Phantom Canyon starting this week.  The piles consist of accumulated de

Colorado

Seasonal closures now in effect

CRAIG, Colo. – Annual winter closures begin today on certain lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management’s Little Snake Field Office to reduce stress on wildlife.  

Colorado

BLM plans prescribed pile burns

CANON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office will be conducting pile burns at various locations this winter.  

Colorado

Grandview Ridge, Twin Buttes and Animas City Mountain Closures Start December 1

DURANGO, Colo. – Annual seasonal wildlife closures go into effect December 1, 2015, within the Grandview Ridge and Animas City Mountain areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management,  th

Colorado

December Rio Grande Natural Area Commission meeting rescheduled

MONTE VISTA, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Rio Grande Natural Area Commission meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Dec.

Colorado

Christmas tree permits on sale

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Permits for cutting Christmas trees on Bureau of Land Management lands within designated areas of the Grand Junction Field Office are now on sale. 

Colorado

BLM winter closures begin Dec. 1 in Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin counties

SILT, Colo. – Annual winter closures to motorized and mechanized vehicles will go into effect Dec.

Colorado

Onshore Order rulemaking update: BLM extends comment periods, announces series of public meetings to review proposals, gather additional information

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it will hold a series of public meetings on its three proposed rules to update and replace its Onshore Oil and Gas Orders 3, 4,

Colorado

BLM Christmas tree permits available in Silt - Fourth graders eligible for free permit

SILT, Colo. – Permits for cutting Christmas trees on Bureau of Land Management lands are available in Silt at the Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road. 

Colorado

BLM releases Draft EIS analyzing previously issued oil and gas leases in the White River National Forest

EIS includes a thorough analysis of existing leases in Thompson Divide

Colorado

BLM releases Draft Supplemental EIS on Roan Plateau

An important step in the implementation of the landmark settlement Agreement

Colorado

Federal firefighters to burn slash piles in Routt County

CRAIG, Colo - The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office plans to begin burning slash piles 21 miles north of Steamboat Springs Nov. 19.

Colorado

BLM Reschedules Public Meeting Regarding Tri-State Line Upgrade

DOLORES, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management rescheduled the public meeting featuring the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.

National Office, Colorado

BLM Releases Draft Supplemental EIS on Roan Plateau

Today the Bureau of Land Management released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan Amendment.

Colorado

BLM Public Meeting Regarding Tri-State Line Upgrade Cancelled

DOLORES, Colo.

Colorado

BLM oil and gas lease sale nets $5 million

DENVER – Today, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 106 parcels totaling 83,534 acres for $5,021,931 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale.

Colorado

BLM offers reward for information leading to conviction

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.

Colorado

BLM Considers Tri-State's Transmission Line Upgrade

MONTROSE, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management is completing a Preliminary Environmental Assessment to amend the existing Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.